Submitted by TheMadhopper t3_10lxb87 in todayilearned
His boss was better at avoiding the firing squad, at least Villa's reprieve arrived before the shots started flying..
There is a song about him as well.
El Fusilado lol
Awesome! I didn't realize until the end it was just them harmonizing and some clapping. Nice!
Chumbawamba rules and it’s very funny to me that their one hit is out of step with almost their entire discography. Who knew the anarchist/socialist band who sing old Spanish Civil War songs and have a whole album of Medieval English rebel songs would have a breakout hit with “Tubthumping (I Get Knocked Down)” lmao.
Listen close to this crooked mouth
Stand me straight against the nearest wall,
Line up your bravest soldiers all,
Ten good shots I'll take them all
They call me El Fusilado
To be fair, they went from hardcore punk to anarchist rave to protest folk. So there's no real Chumbawamba sound
And the day they let pour poncho go, El Fusilado split for Ohio, where he got the bread to go? Aint nobody knows.
All the Federales say they could have had him any day, they only let him slip away out of kindness I suppose
They shot his chin right off!
A similar thing happened with Warren Zevon. Most people remember him for Halloween Playlist Fodder "Werewolves of London", but had songs about serial rapists and CIA assassinations on the same album.
TheMadhopper OP t1_j5zirxn wrote
El Fusilado (Spanish: "The Executed One") survived the execution but was left permanently scared. He was later featured on Ripleys Believe it or Not radio show in 1937